The Fisher King is a wonderful blending of the realistic and the fantastic, a reminder that the mythic need not be inaccessible, and that the hero need not slay a dragon.
In each film, by the end, you feel you know the character’s fears, their monstrous wants and needs—and the ways they fight the snowballing desire within.
Labyrinth reminds us that even the girls that aren’t destined for some heroic calling can and will fight like hell if the need arises.
The dynamic between power, compassion, and restraint is what makes Superman the most relevant hero to our times.
He still rages, still kills, but his time is running short, and his conscience is bothering him. This story is about an old warrior facing himself.
Our first indication that Clarice Starling is a hero: she’s always the one rescuing Hannibal.
Because she was a kid, and a girl, and because she cried a lot, people easily dismissed the idea of Dorothy Gale: Hero. But that kind of viewing is short-sighted.
Lost gives its audience an interpretation of the Hero’s Journey that goes beyond the sort of mythopoetic checklist we’ve become accustomed to.
On watching The Recall in Barco Escape, a new continuous three-screen format.